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The District 16 Spring Meeting is CANCELLED​!

All Provincial Playdowns and Championships are CANCELLED!

All Provincial Courses and other Events (except the fall meeting) are CANCELLED! 

The Gov. Gen. Playdowns and Championships, the District seniors and District Novice are CANCELLED! The status of the fall meeting will be determined at a later date.   

Please consult with your club to determine what events your club will be holding!

District 16 Spring Meeting

Saturday April 25
Sign In, Coffee & Social from 9:00 AM
Meeting @ 10 AM
Hosted by Iroquois LBC
To be held at the Iroquois Civic Centre, 1 Dundas Street, Iroquois (see Map below)
​Please review the Agenda (when posted) and the Minutes of the Fall Meeting here.
​Everyone is welcome to attend although voting is limited to official club representatives.
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World Short Mat Bowling Championships

A team of 20 Canadian short mat bowlers qualified at the Canadian Short Mat Bowling Championships held in Cobourg Ontario, to represent Canada at the 2020 World Short Mat bowling Championships to be held in Belgium in March.  Of the 20 team members, 6 came from the Ottawa Short Mat Bowls Club and 1 additional player qualified to attend but had other commitments.  The 7 District 16 Members are: David and Sandra Jefferies, Blaine Phillips, Debbie Ferrill, Wayne and Margaret Harding and Bill Rogers.  The complete team can be found on the Canadian Short Mat Bowls Association website at http://www.canadianshortmat.org/
 

The way things were: Kingston LBC in the 50's

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2019 Governor Generals Pictures are here!

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Short Mat Bowls in the evening?

Currently Short Mat Bowling is held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. see below). If you are interested in bowling in the evenings please email w.harding@rogers.com and let me know what day(s) of the week you would be interested in.

Ottawa Short Mat Bowls Club  

The Ottawa Short Mat Bowls club has a new website. 
​Please go to https://ottawashortmatbowlsclub.weebly.com/

District Silver Seniors!

District 16 Ladies win Silver at the Provincial Senior Triples.  The team included Nepean's Rosalie Parsons-Brown, Galetta's  Sandra Jefferies and Elmdales Cheryl McBain.  
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Club Officers: 

  • Need to contact an OLBA, Director or Committee?  Check out this link
  • Need more membership stickers for this season? Check out this link
  • Need some District Score Cards? Check out this link
New (Old) Secretary
At the 2019 Spring meeting Barbara Stephens retired as our Secretary in order to concentrate her efforts on being Deep Rivers president.
Wayne Daleyreplaced Barbara as Secretary, thereby resuming he job he held previously. 

Please note Wayne's Contact information:

Wayne Daley
382 Mary St. Pembroke, ON, K8A 5W5
1-613-735-7485
waynedaley@aol.com. 

New to Bowling?

Lawn bowls is a precision sport that is played for the challenge and competition, personal enjoyment, physical activity, the pleasure of spending time outdoors and for social interaction. It is also a low impact, therapeutic form of exercise.

OLBA ONLINE Newsletter is now available
​Check it out and Subscribe:​
Click on the image for the February issue.
go the OLBA website for past issues.

2018/19 District Championships

Men's and Women's Fours
2018: n.a.
​2019: (1) David Jefferies Rob Rienzo, Blaine Phillips,                     Rico Silvestro,
          (2) Bill Sheffield, Brian McCartney, Zachary                           Steele, Bill Rogers

Men's and Women's Triples
2018: not held
2019: not held
Men's Senior Triples
2018: Rob Rienzo, Gerry Laporte, David Smith
​2019: David Jefferies, Blaine Phillips, Blaine Phillips
Women's Senior Triples, 
2018: ​Sandra Jefferies, Pat Rose, Flo Silvestro
​2019: Rosalie Parsons-Brown,  Sandra Jefferies   Cheryl McBain (Provincial Silver)
Women's Pairs 
2018: ​Tessa Mackechnie, Margaret Sutton
​2019:  Cheryl McBain & Cathy Mills
Men's Pairs
2018: ​Blaine Phillips, Bill Rogers
2019: David Jefferies, John Wilson
Mixed Pairs
2018: ​David Jefferies, Sandra Jefferies
2019: ​​Michelle MacKay & Bill Rogers (Dave Jefferies)
Novice Women's Singles
2018: ​Carolyn Fenwick
​2019: September 1 and 7
Novice Men's Singles
2018: ​Bruce Sample
2019: September 1 and 7
Novice Women's Triples
2018: ​Cheryl McBain, Dawn Voisey Tina Dutta
2019: Denise Loseir, Nina Crivellaro, Susan Stinson
Novice Men's Triples
2018: ​Rene Boucher, Charles Chamberlain, Gary Wong
2019: Neil Montgomery, Mark Sander, Dan Carnrite
Women's Singles
2018: ​Rosalie Parsons-Brown
2019: Tina Dutta

Men's Singles
2018: ​Zack Steele 
2019: ​Jake Schuknecht (Provincial Silver)
Ontario Governor Generals
Novice Men's Singles
2018: ​Mark Sander
2019:  Dan Carnrite ​ 
                
Ontario Governor Generals
Novice Women's Singles
2018: Cheryl McBain​
2019: Isabelle Dobbing ​ ​                  
Ontario Governor Generals
​Women's Fours
2018: (A) Michelle Mackay, Dawn Voisey,
                Karie Chant, Tina Dutta
 ​         (B) Sandra Jefferies, Flo Silvestro,
                Joelle Massey, Karen Oatman
​2019: (A) Michelle Mackay, Dawn Voisey,
                Karie Chant, Tina Dutta 
           (B) Pat Rose, Debbie Ferrill,
​                Ann Marie Waddell, Suzanne Erickson
Ontario Governor Generals
​Men's Fours
2018:  (A) Derek McKie, Zach Steel,
                 Russel Oatman, Graham Murray
           (B) David Jefferies, John Wilson,
                 Rico Silvestro, Grant Fletcher
2019:  (A) Derek McKie, Zach Steele,
                  Rob Rienzo, Gerry Laporte
            (B) Blaine Phillips, Dave Jefferies,
                  Graham Murray, Grant Fletcher
District Senior Women's Pairs 
​2018: ​
​2019: Pat Wood & Rosalie Parsons-Brown       
District Senior Men's Pairs
2018: ​ 
​2019:  Bill Sheffield & Bill Rogers       
District Novice Men's Singles
2018: ​ Dan Carnrite
2019:  Grant Chaplain       
District Novice Women's Singles 
​2018: ​ Cheryl McBain
2019:  Rosemary McGuire